Studies on water transfer from the Caspian Sea to the Sungun Copper Complex Studies on water transfer from the Caspian Sea to the Sungun Copper Complex Status In Progress Registration Date 2025/10/22 Update Date 2025/10/22 Manager NIPEC Company Goals Supply, desalination, and transportation of water required by the copper industry at the Sungun Copper Complex from the Caspian Sea with volumes of 30 and 100 million cubic meters per year Schedule Consulting Servies Executive Actions Water extraction from the sea Desalination Water pumping stations with a capacity of 1 and 3 cubic meters per second and a pumping height of up to 3,000 meters Steel transmission line with a diameter of 900 or 1600 mm and a length of 230 km and transmission line equipment and facilities Regulating tanks at pumping stations in the project Geography Location Gilan, Ardabil, and East Azerbaijan provinces from Astara to Songun